Hadith No. 24
“Knowledge is passed down as an inheritance.”
رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ [ت274ه] فِي «الْمَحَاسِنِ»[1]، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ، عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ -يَعْنِي مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرَ- عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ:
إِنَّ الْعِلْمَ الَّذِي هَبَطَ مَعَ آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لَمْ يُرْفَعْ، وَالْعِلْمُ يُتَوَارَثُ، وَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمُتْ عَالِمٌ إِلَّا خَلَّفَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ مَنْ يَعْلَمُ مِثْلَ عِلْمِهِ أَوْ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ.
Translation:
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid [d. 274 AH] has narrated in the book al-Mahasin, from his father, from Hammad ibn Isa, from Rib‘i, from Fudayl ibn Yasar, who said: Abu Ja‘far—meaning Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir—
said:
Indeed, the knowledge that descended with Adam did not ascend. And knowledge is passed down as an inheritance. And no scholar ever passed away without leaving behind someone who knows knowledge like his, or whatever Allah wills.
